March 2008

Broad Business News

Business Week ranks Broad undergrad program 13th among public schools –
Business Week magazine has just released the 2008 rankings of undergraduate business school programs, placing the Eli Broad College of Business 39th nationally and 13th among public institutions. More...

2008 Broad Business now available online –
The new issue of Broad Business, the Broad School's annual alumni magazine, is now available online. Click here to view it as a PDF.

FACULTY/STAFF NEWS

Broad Expert Link: Gerry McNamara — Stock market rewards firms of execs who buy early, punishes later buyers who yield to pressure - In this monthly feature highlighting faculty expert knowledge relating to current business news, Associate Professor of Management Gerry McNamara examines why "early movers" in a merger wave typically do better financially than those who wait and jump on the "bandwagon" at the end of a merger wave. More...

'Implicit social cognition' may explain negative stereotyping –
Georgia Chao, associate professor of Management, urges more research on sources of unfair and illegal bias in employment, particularly the roots of unconscious discrimination. More...

MSU NEWS

MSU student radio station is college station of the year –
The Michigan Association of Broadcasters and Broadcast Music Inc. have named Michigan State University’s WDBM – or IMPACT 89FM as it is commonly known – the college radio station of the year. WDBM airs many of the Broad School’s faculty podcasts on Friday evenings. More...

PROGRAM NEWS

Marketing and supply chain management separate to allow increased focus –
Recognizing the fundamental difference between marketing and supply chain management in terms of the academic disciplines as well as research and student hiring environments, the MSU Board of Trustees recently voted to separate the Broad School’s 12-year-old Marketing and Supply Chain Management Department into two independent units. More...

ALUMNI PROFILE

Hooper balances career, family and community roles -
Mark Hooper (BA Accounting '76), co-founder and partner at Andrews Hooper & Pavlik, has practiced public accounting in Michigan for 31 years. For nearly as long, he's maintained volunteer involvement in organizations ranging from the Rotary to the Wharton Center and alumni boards at the Broad School. More...

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